February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of marriage February 28, 1922
The temperature on February 28, 1922 was between 6.3 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
March 15 » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
Day of death May 11, 1978
The temperature on May 11, 1978 was between 2.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 8 » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
December 22 » The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
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